Thomas Armitage states “‘Whoso abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God; he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. If any man cometh to you and bringeth not this teaching receive him not.’ Pure doctrine, as it is found uncorrupted in the word of God, is the only unbroken line of succession which can be traced in Christianity. God never confided his truth to the personal succession of any body of men; man was not to be trusted with the custody of this precious charge, but the King of the truth has kept the keys of the truth in his own hand. The true Church of Christ has ever been that which has stood upon his person and work.” Page 28 Vol. One, A History of the Baptists
Romans 1:21-23 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man
1Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
The following video is of a group of people gathering together but it is NOT a New Testament church! Read the New Testament before you reply to this article.
Baptist historian Thomas Armitage states “IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE, THE CHURCH WAS A LOCAL BODY; AND EACH CHURCH WAS ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OF EVERY OTHER CHURCH. The simple term ‘Ecclesia’ designates one congregation, or organized assembly, and no more, this being its literal and primal meaning.” Page 28 of A History of the Baptists, VOLUME 1, Thomas Armitage
The New Testament knows nothing of the monsters man has organized such as the Southern Baptist Convention. When Paul wrote 1 and 2 Corinthians it was to a local New Testament church. In the first letter he wrote to that church he had something to say concerning a born again baptized church member going to law against another member of the same local New Testament church. Here is what he wrote. 1Corithians 6:1-8 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Nevertheless man too often has set up organizations such as the SBC which has its children such as the North American Mission Board. The following pdf is a result of man’s ways.
‘Lies and crimes go unpunished, and even rewarded. Truth is prosecuted and persecuted. We seem to be living in an increasingly upside-down world!
Groups like Voice of the Martyrs document that Christian persecution is on the rise everywhere. And while you may not be directly persecuted for your faith, you may well be persecuted for standing against the lies of increasingly tyrannical governments and thought-police.
Many observers are seeing similarities with what is happening now in Western Civilization and what happened in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s. Or what happened in Germany under the Nazis. Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum (WEF), prime influencers of the world’s elite, are being called out as trying to replicate a communist-style, high-tech totalitarian system in which a small group of elites gives orders, and normal citizens simply have to obey.
But we cannot roll over in the face of tyranny. That’s why there have always been Christian martyrs! As noted by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, famous theologian and Nazi resistance leader, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil.” Sadly, many of the churches in the West are doing what the churches in Nazi-Germany did by rolling over to tyranny on the horizon. And it’s been going on for quite awhile.
Courage is what’s needed! As Winston Churchill said, “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” Cowardice should be rejected. We need courage in our day. There is much fear being promoted on behalf of tyranny and totalitarianism. Instead, listen to the Bible and to the Holy Spirit within us. “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion” (Proverbs 28:1). The Spirit given to us is “not… a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). (See also Acts 1:8, Galatians 5:22 and 1 Corinthians 2:16.)
For years, creation scientists have been prevented from publishing their work, denied government grants, ridiculed, kicked out of scientific societies, and fired from their jobs. And the Church has been largely silent. Eminent creation scientist and prolific writer Jerry Bergman, himself denied tenure and fired from his professorship at a state university, wrote a 477-page book in 2008 with extensive documentation of the history and case studies of this viewpoint discrimination and hate crime. The book – Slaughter of the Dissidents: The Shocking Truth About Killing the Careers of Darwin Doubters – was followed up by two more books documenting the persecution of creation scientists.
One example is Mark Armitage, who was fired from California State University for publishing his conclusions about soft-tissue remains (blood vessels, blood proteins, and other organic molecules) in a triceratops dinosaur horn. He questioned their supposed age of many millions of years. Yet, such “original bio-material” is increasingly being discovered in supposedly “prehistoric era” fossils. And evolution advocates are having to suppress the straightforward conclusions.
The original Jurassic Park movie, released in 1993, used advanced animatronics and CGI to bring dinosaurs and man together with the element of horror on an imaginary island safari park. As with most science fiction, there was a bit of a basis in scientific discovery. In this case, it was the increasingly common discoveries of original bio-materials, “soft tissue”, in fossils – including so-called “pre-historic” fossils. In the case of the movie, dinosaur blood which supposedly survived 65 million years in mosquitoes trapped in fossilized amber could be cloned into living reptiles.
Proteins, DNA, and other “soft-tissue” organic chemicals surviving for over 65 million years?! How can that be?! Think about it. Food goes bad; meat becomes rotten. The proteins and carbohydrates in plant and animal products degrade in the presence of moisture, heat, and radiation. Even the best-preserved freeze-dried, vacuum-packed and canned foods last only 25-30 years. The organic molecules break down.
Because their own explanations are unsatisfactory, evolutionists are having to suppress this evidence and censor research reports. They play the usual game we see to advance political lies and politicized science such as “climate change”. They repeatedly assert their point of view, don’t publish research with contrary opinions and censor work through “peer review”. They slow-walk responses, hoping people will forget about it, and prosecute, ridicule and intimidate! And they punish those who somehow slip through the system, such as Mark Armitage.
Sadly, viewpoint discrimination is on the rise for many avenues of biblical belief – whether it has to do with dissent on the basis of freedom of conscience, freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, standing for sexual morality, or standing for equal justice under the law. A tyrannical state apparatus wants loyalty to itself – and the God of the Bible gets in their way.
The Bible speaks of this phenomenon by calling it out as “scoffers” who must become “…willingly ignorant…” (2 Peter 3:5) or “…men who hold (suppress) the truth in unrighteousness…” (Romans 1:18). And Scripture advises that the wickedness of man will attack us Christians who are standing for truth as well as the actual “foundations” of godly truth.
“For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon their string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11: 2-3). Of course, the Psalm goes on to say that the Lord, though “trying the righteous”, will bring final judgment upon the wicked and will remember the righteous favorably. Made righteous through Jesus Christ, Christians are on the receiving end of worldly attack and ridicule. What can we do? The Bible tells us. It tells us to continue as salt and light to a dark and dying world – to continue to proclaim the truth of God’s Word and the Gospel of Jesus Christ! And so we proclaim…
There is a Redeemer, Jesus, God’s own Son, Precious lamb of God, Messiah, Holy One. Thank you, oh my Father, for giving us your Son! And leaving Your Spirit ‘til the work on Earth is done! – Keith and Melody Green, 1977
Genesis tells us God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Two genders and not 70 or more! Then in the next chapter we are given further information saying And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Mankind is unique of all the other creatures God created.
After the Noahic Flood God stated in Genesis 9:5,6 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. This continues today!
Well, of course none of these Scriptures mean anything to many in today’s society. They know more than God and He along with His Word are thrown out. Man is in control and will do his own thing of which murdering the unborn is just one! There are unfortunately several web sites claiming to be Christian that support the murder of the unborn. These are https://abortionandreligion.com/resources/https://www.faithaloud.org/find-clergy-support/spiritual-resources/https://www.all-options.org/resources/ All of these web sites affirm the murder of the unborn and those associated with them will someday stand before the Judge of all the earth and Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
These people pushing the murder of the unborn will be held accountable before the true and living God at the Great White Throne where they will be judged and cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. However, there is still time as long as a person has breath in this present life to repent and turn in faith to the Lord Jesus Christ and cry out God be merciful to me a sinner.
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